This lesson invites students to use their knowledge of famous artists and their works to recreate their favorite piece or make one of their own. In learning more about the lives of famous artists, students are able to understand where they draw their inspiration from and the techniques that they use.
Students will create a self-portrait which communicates a message while identifying the culture that produced a particular work of art, in this case, folk art. Students will create unity in a composition by using the elements of art and be able to name artists who are well known for using a variety of art forms, in this case, Howard Finster. Students will add their stories to their self-portraits, combining language arts into this visual art lesson, thinking deeply about who they are.
Students will create a painting based on the action paintings by Jackson Pollock. Instead of dripping and splattering, the paint will be moved using a metal object, such as a paper clip, and a magnet.
Students will learn about the great impressionistic painter, Claude Monet. Students will learn to paint fuzzy (up and down strokes) while mixing tints, creating the illusion of water. Students will learn to color layer with oil pastel creating water lilies or objects that are appropriate with the math or science lesson at hand.
Discover the possibilities of paper sculpture! Allow your imagination to soar as you explore this team-building process that celebrates an intuitive process of art making by generating non-objective sculpture on a large-scale.